JDV, Quinitio awarded for aquaculture strides
FORMER House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. and another fish scientist were honored on Dec. 7 by the Society of Aquaculture Engineers of the Philippines, Inc. (SAEP) and Philippine Aquaculture Society, Inc. (PAS) for their outstanding leadership and devoted service for the advancement of aquaculture in the country.
De Venecia, speaker of the House of Representatives in the 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th Congress, was awarded “for providing the strongest impetus for the lifting of the existing ban on the entry and culture of the Pacific White Shrimp, Penaeus vannamei in 2007”.
Former Speaker De Venecia leaves his footprints at the Asian Fisheries Academy. He and Dr. Emilia Quinitio are cited for their outstanding achievements and meritorious services to the aquaculture industry in the Philippines.
De Venecia was recognized as Prime Mover of Penaeus vannamei farming in the Philippines.
Emilia Quinitio was awarded “for dedicating most of her professional life to refining the techniques for propagation and culture of the mangrove crab Scylla serrate at the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department”.
Quinitio, the award added, is responsible for the eventual commercialization of crab hatchery and nursery technology.
She was recognized as Promoter of Mangrove Crab Aquaculture in the Philippines.
Their plaques were jointly signed by Dr. Westly Rosario, SAEP president and Dr. Joebert Toledo, PAS president.
- vannameistarted in the Philippines when the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources initially formulated FAO 207 series of 2001 that further strengthened FAO 189 series of 1993 prohibiting the importation of exotic shrimps in the Philippines due to threats of diseases such as Taura syndrome viruses while other countries had been into the culture of P. vannamei way ahead of the Philippines.
But this did not stop shrimp enthusiasts to pursue culturing P. vannamei in the country.
This changed when JDV intervened when he invited Rosario to visit Bumi Dipasena, the world’s largest integrated shrimp farm with 80,000 hectares in Southern Sumatra. Thus began the operation of aquaculture estate. (Leonardo Micua)
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